St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-05
THE HAMLINE MATINEE.
-Four Races Before an Interested
Audience Yesterday. ~.


Audience Yesterday. Il
There was large attendance at the
fair grounds yesterday afternoon on the!
occasion of the tfotting matinee, and
many fine teams were parked in the en-.
closure adjacent to the grand stand.
Some of the events proved not only in
teresting but exciting, and in two of the
heats the judges were in aquandary for
some time whether or not to declare
them dead" Between the heats of the
second and third races Bruno Beaupre
drove his pacing team frankie B and
Black Frank from the last quarter under
the wire in S415 seconds, a 2:1S gait.
This was remarkable performance,
when it is taken into consideration that
the black had not been used for year,
working double, and as the pair of
flyers came down the stretch, urged
without whip, the spectators could
not restrain their enthusiasm, but ap-
plauded vigorously. The success of the
meeting yesterday determined the man
ayers to give another one next Saturday,
when horses that won in yesterdays
events will be given a place lower in the
records.
The first race was of the three minute
trotting class and was won in two
L.
Prince, who did not break from start to
finish. A summary of the race is as
follows:
NJ. Cummings (St. Paul. blk. g. Black
Mr. Vaughn's b. 6. Don Juan ..........2 2
Mr. Balfour's b. g. Nell. MISUNDERSTANDING
Mr.. Buford's b. g. Cyclone. .......4
Time, 2:4112 and 2:4O.
PAGERS of the three-minute class were
the attraction in the second race, which
was won by j. Dowd's Stoner Boy, al
though the first heat went to Jay Gould.
The latter finished third, however, in
the second heat, which the Boy won
easily, and the driver of Gould then
withdrew his horse. There was some
dissatisfaction expressed at his not max
ing his intentions known until the
horses came ON the track for what
proved to be the final heat of the race,
and again Stoner Boy was the first
under the wire.
j. Dowd's b. G. Stoner Boy.
George Spears b. g. Jay Gould .......1 8 DIR
w. Matthews +. G. Accident. -. .....3 2 2
Mr.. Belfor's b. G. George b ...........4 3
Time, 2:40Ie, 2:36 and 2:33.
Only two horses came out to contest
for the hOnOrs in the third race, which
throughout was intensely exciting and
for the last half in both heats a blanket
could easily have covered both the
cracks. In fact, the second heat looked
almost sure for William H, but the
judges thought different and gave the
race to John f, who, as an old turfman
present expressed it, "won by throat
latch" Very little time was wasted by
either driver in scoring and in the first
heat the horses were sent off at the first
attempt. The time made in the second
heat was excellent and not "a skip marred
the work of either contestant
]. Dowd's blk h., John F ...............1 1
M. j. Germans b. e., William II .2 9
Time, 2:3S and 2:31A.
But undoubtedly the race of the meet
ing was the free-for-all pacing event
which brought out the veteran, Uncle
Eb and Jordan, and blinking pace was
maintained throughout the three heats
which were necessary to settle the con-
test. In the first heat Uncle Eb Wrig-
gled successfully around the track
while Jordan behaved badly, but
ditions were reversed and the
veteran quit upon coming into
stretch and allowed his competitor to
jog home as he wished, in very fast time.
Besides, the driver of Jordan pulled up
near home, otherwise he might have
cut down the record at least two sec
OndS. There was great deal of excite
ment manifested during this race among
the spectators, and considerable money
changed hands in the second heat, when
Jordan proved too hard road for Uncle
Eb to travel. In the concluding heat,
however, the old fellow outstayed his
younger competitor and won the race in
close finish.
William Matthew's g. G. Uncle Eb. IL 2 1
j. b. Martins blk. G. Jordan. ..2 L 2
Time, 2:30A, 2:26A and 1920
The judges were Messrs. M. F. Steele.
Dakota; Charles Radcliffe, st. Paul, and
5. &. Daniels, of Minneapolis, while f.
A. Seymour timed the trotters and
PAGERS.